Re: is there a i586 distro?
On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 09:19:14AM -0600, Gary Hennigan wrote:
> "Robbie Huffman" <washu@mindspring.com> writes:
> > On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 11:00:49AM -0600, Ray wrote:
> > > or others that are compiled/optimized for the later i386 PCs?
> > >
> > > if so, where?
> > >
> > > if not, how should i go about mass source compiling debs for my computers?
> > > (i have a couple P1 laptops, P2s and a P4)
> > >
> > > and is it worth it?
> >
> > Honestly, I found noticeable improvements after:
>
> Can you quantify "noticeable"? Timinings, comparisons before and after
> recompiling?
=P
Rain on my parade, will ya?
Let me try to quantify as best I can...
> Human nature being what it is, if I spend a few hours doing something
> my mind likes to try and make me believe it was worthwhile, but often
> some measure says otherwise.
Granted, the hdparm change could have been a figment of my imagination,
though the kernel patches and X drivers made changes I could see and
hear. But adding hdparm to a startup script only took a minute of work,
so there really wasn't much invested in it.
After patching the kernel, mp3 playing stopped skipping altogether,
which was happening before any time the system got just a little busy.
That included a lot of mouse movement, loading openoffice, or watching
spamassasin filter mail, all of which caused skipping. One of the
patches was the preemptible kernel patch which is geared toward making
the system more responsive.
Updating the X driver made such a change in the common GL demos that
they looked almost silly because they were going so fast. Moving large
windows used to be a fairly slow process, with lots of redrawing and
such, but stopped flickering and become responsive with better hardware
acceleration. Dabbling with gimp felt faster to me, but that's also
subjective.
Video playback via mplayer went from intolerable to pretty darn good
after the kernel and X driver changes. I don't know which one worked
the most good as I didn't specifically test any videos between the
two updates.
Robbie
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